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Q: 2012 Unibody Macbook pro 13 automatically goes into what seems safe mode, and loops after completion

I turn on my computer, if I don't press anything, the computer automaticaly goes into something that seems like safe mode. Its a gray background with a bar that is loading at the bottom. I wait for it to finish, and when it does, the computer just shuts down. When I turn it back on the same thing happens.

 

If I press Command-r, I go into the recovery, and I can try to fix the disk but it says it can't do it, that I should save my files and restore everything.

 

What are some ways to go about this without the whole recovery route? I am dual booting so I would not be impossible to backup my files but it would be extremly inconvinient.

 

I think the cause for this issue is because I pressed the shut down button while the OS was loading.

When going thought the hard drive recovery it says that the number of files does not match the number expected? Soemthing along those lines.

 

 

Any tips would be greatly appreciated.

 

I was running mavericks beforehand

MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.1)

Posted on Oct 11, 2014 11:53 AM

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Q: 2012 Unibody Macbook pro 13 automatically goes into what seems safe mode, and loops after completion

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  • by Kappy,

    Kappy Kappy Oct 11, 2014 12:04 PM in response to cristianfff
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    Oct 11, 2014 12:04 PM in response to cristianfff

    Reinstall Lion, Mountain Lion, or Mavericks without erasing drive

     

    Boot to the Recovery HD:

     

    Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.

     

    Repair

     

    When the recovery menu appears select Disk Utility. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list.  In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive.  If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported then click on the Repair Permissions button. When the process is completed, then quit DU and return to the main menu.

     

    Reinstall Lion, Mountain Lion, or Mavericks

     

    OS X Mavericks- Reinstall OS X

    OS X Mountain Lion- Reinstall OS X

    OS X Lion- Reinstall Mac OS X

     

         Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet

                     if possible because it is three times faster than wireless.

  • by cristianfff,

    cristianfff cristianfff Oct 11, 2014 6:10 PM in response to Kappy
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    Oct 11, 2014 6:10 PM in response to Kappy

    So I am running Mavericks  and Windows 7, I am able to boot into windows perfectly fine, and use it.

    I am not able to boot into osx. The SMART status does say verified.

     

    I followed your steps but the part where I am stuck is that I cannot pick the proper hd partition to install the new iteration of the os. The only choice that shows up is the windows partition. The old OSX does not even show up as an option.

     

    Any help with this? are the any tools that I can install on windows that might help with the isue?

  • by Kappy,

    Kappy Kappy Oct 11, 2014 7:04 PM in response to cristianfff
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    Oct 11, 2014 7:04 PM in response to cristianfff

    In that case you will need to do this instead:

     

    Install or Reinstall Mavericks, Mountain Lion, or Lion from Scratch

     

    Be sure you backup your files to an external drive or second internal drive because the following procedure will remove everything from the hard drive.

     

    OS X Mavericks- Erase and reinstall OS X

    OS X Mountain Lion- Erase and reinstall OS X

    OS X Lion- Erase and reinstall Mac OS X

     

    Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible

                because it is three times faster than wireless.

  • by Grant Bennet-Alder,

    Grant Bennet-Alder Grant Bennet-Alder Oct 11, 2014 7:12 PM in response to cristianfff
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    Oct 11, 2014 7:12 PM in response to cristianfff

    It is indeed doing the equivalent of Disk Utility ( Repair Disk). But this is not stuck in Safe Mode -- this is caused by your boot drive being so damaged that it cannot be Mounted. If the disk repair is successful, your Mac boots up normally after that.

     

    If the repair is NOT successful, you Mac cannot continue to do anything productive, so it automatically shuts down.

     

    There are a lot of files on a Boot drive. But over 350,000 of them are Mac OS X itself. Mac OS X can be re-installed on a different drive, and that is what I recommend you do. Then you can apply the full capabilities of Mac OS X (running on, say, an External Drive) to try to recover your files.

     

    As always, Backup is SO much easier than fix-up.